The Java Class File Disassembler (javap) is a useful tool for the Java developer that I have referenced in previous blog posts covering a variety of contexts such as detecting the innards of a Groovy ...

Write once, debug/test everywhere is a variant on Java's write once, run anywhere claim, and it defines the Java Platform Debugger Architecture (JPDA). The JPDA is a client/server system built from ...

The monthly update to the tooling that boosts Java development in the open source, cross-platform Visual Studio Code editor highlights debugging, refactoring and more. Java tooling is provided through ...

Visual Studio Code is getting more Java programming functionality in a new extension from Microsoft that adds debugging capabilities. We earlier reported that, in view of the lack of support for Java ...

Microsoft open sourced a Java debugger it developed for the lightweight, open source Visual Studio Code editor. About a month ago, the company released the VS Code extension to provide Java debugging, ...

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With the Extension Pack for Java, VS Code makes a highly capable Java IDE and formidable competitor to Eclipse, NetBeans, and IntelliJ IDEA. There was a time when your choices for Java IDEs were ...